This season, we're thankful for restaurants in Boston that stay open on Thanksgiving.

When it comes to Thanksgiving dinner, there are a few routes you can take. Plan A: Let the chef of the family handle his or her business. But what if you don’t have a seasoned cook in the family? Or if you do, what if they’re just tired?

That’s when you think, “OK, Plan B: where did I leave that Chinese takeout menu?”

Stop right there! For those looking to bypass the kitchen, but still crave a delicious hearty Thanksgiving meal, we’ve got you covered. Presenting, Plan C: Visit one of the many Boston area restaurants staying open next Thursday.

Here, a list of 2629Â 33! restaurants up to the challenge of feeding you and yours this Thanksgiving. (Click for more info below or scroll down to browse.)

You can order a full turkey dinner at Anthem next Thursday, or you can skip ahead to Turkey Day leftovers with the turkey gobbler sandwich, which comes with sliced turkey breast, cornbread stuffing, cranberry sauce, and giblet gravy on a toasted baguette. Check outÂ Anthem’s full Thanksgiving menu.

11 a.m.-3 p.m.$71 per person, $25 for children 7-14, free for children 6 and underOne Seaport Lane, Boston, 617-385-4300, aurarestaurant.com

Make way for a buffet. Aura will host Thanksgiving brunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. next Thursday (because nothing prepares you for Thanksgiving dinner like an all-you-can-eat brunch). Offerings will include everything from French toast, pancakes, and bacon and eggs, to leek-and-truffle quiche, shrimp cocktails, and pork loin with mustard jus. Kids will love dessert even more than usual since Aura’s spread includes a chocolate fountain. Check outÂ Aura’s full Thanksgiving menu.

Beacon Hill Bistro’s executive chef Josh Lewin has offered us some fun tricks of the trade before, including teaching us how to puff grains (in case you’d rather have cereal for Thanksgiving dinner) and contributing to last year’s roundup of last-minute Thanksgiving recipes (Potato and apple mille-feuille, anyone?). This Thanksgiving, BHB will serve a three-course dinner including traditional dishes, plus an attractive slate of seafood: salt cod brandade, oyster stew, and Maine salmon. Check out Beacon Hill Bistro’s full Thanksgiving menu.

BeatÂ HĂ´tel’s Thanksgiving dinner comes with a full day of entertainment too. Not only will dinner be served buffet-style (don’t you love to hear that?), but live country, bluegrass, and Americana music will feed your ears as well. Beat also wants your vegetarian and vegan friends to feel welcome with plenty of vegan offerings. Check out BeatÂ HĂ´tel’s full Thanksgiving menu + entertainment schedule.

Boston’s “liveliest holiday meal” comes with live jazz performances throughout the day. Like Beat, The Beehive will also offer a vegetarian Thanksgiving, which comes with wild mushroom-and-truffle stuffing, country mashed potatoes, brussels sprout-and-pea salad, root vegetable medley, and more. Check out The Beehive’s full Thanksgiving menu + entertainment schedule.

BOKX 109 wants you to think outside the box (har har) for Thanksgiving with a five-course meal. Entrees include butter-poached 109 prime rib, seared diver scallop, and roasted organic turkey ballontine. Top it off with desserts like white chocolate-and-pumpkin cheesecake or a flourless BOKX brownie sundae. Check out BOKX 109’s full Thanksgiving menu.

True to its name, Boston Chops will offer some mouthwatering entrees this Thanksgiving. Aside from roasted turkey, you can also opt for filet mignon, prime rib eye, prime New York sirloin, or grilled Maine salmon. Check out Boston Chops’s full Thanksgiving menu.

City Table in the Lenox Hotel will serve a few Thanksgiving specials next week, including a classic turkey dinner and roasted prime rib. But to start, consider the smoked ham and chestnut bisque. It is getting chilly outside, after all. Check out City Table’s full Thanksgiving menu.

With a package titled “Bounty of the Sea,” it’s hard to imagine being disappointed. Eastern Standard adds to the turkey-pies-and-pumpkin routine with roasted whole fish, New York strip, and a cranberry-orange sorbet. Check out Eastern Standard’s full Thanksgiving menu.

Grill 23 is keeping its prix fixe menu simple for Thanksgiving, with items also available a la carte. Roasted parsnip soup and crisp market chickories lead to the herb-roasted turkey breast and confit leg. Then top it all off with a Thanksgiving Trio of desserts: heirloom apple turnover, whiskey pecan pie, and pumpkin profiterole. Check out Grill 23’s full Thanksgiving menu.

Harvest’s Thanksgiving menu comes with an optional wine pairing, because why not? Venison comes with cabernet sauvignon, lobster pie with chardonnay, and a potato gnocchi app comes with pinot grigio. It’s a package for the Kathie Lee Gifford in all of us. Check out Harvest’s full Thanksgiving menu.

Last year, Jared Bacheller of L’Espalier shared with us a last-minute Thanksgiving recipe for Butterscotch pie. This year, owner and chef Frank McClelland ups the Thanksgiving ante with a $120 degustation menu with turkey from his farm in Essex, Apple Street Farm. Be still our beating hearts, this menu also teases a procession of lobster, halibut, beef rib-eye, award-winning cheeses, and more. Check out L’Espalier’s full Thanksgiving menu.

On top of their usual fair, these spots will also offer Thanksgiving dinner with turkey, sausage stuffing, mashed potatoes, butternut squash, and cranberry sause. More location info at legalseafoods.com.

M.J. O’Connor’s in both their Park Plaza and Waterfront locations will be open on Thanksgiving serving turkey dinners for $18 and $16 respectively (guess the mashed potatoes and green beans make the $2 difference?) At Park Plaza, you’ll also find butternut squash bisque and pumpkin-and-walnut ravioli, while the Waterfront location will offer ham dinner and combo platter alternatives. Check out M.J. O’Connor’s Thanksgiving menus for their Park Plaza and Waterfront locations.

PARK’s cozy atmosphere could make for a warm little gathering next Thursday. The restaurant will serve a la carte specials including ricotta gnocchi, roast turkey breast, apple-and-sage-stuffed redfish, and even a Thanksgivukkah meat pie: cider-braised turkey thigh, local squash, and caramelized apples, with a sweet-potato latke crust with sweet-tart cranberry relish. Check out PARK’s full Thanksgiving menu.

The Red Lentil is a vegetarian and vegan restaurant, and next week, they will be open on Thanksgiving for their 2013 Vegan Harvest Dinner. Five courses include soups, apps, salads, entrees, and dessert. Wine pairings are included. Check out the Red Lentil’s full Thanksgiving menu.

More Thanksgiving classics with Italian flare! The three-course offering from Rialto includes classic Thanksgiving dishes, fluke crudo, taleggio buckwheat lasagna, venison two ways, and more. Of the many children’s options available this year, we’re digging Rialto’s varied three-course kids’ menu: not only can your little ones order turkey, salad, and dessert, but the adventurous and daring can also opt for grilled shrimp or braised beef. What palates! Check out Rialto’s full Thanksgiving menu.

More beer and wine pairings for your Thanksgiving boozy pleasure. Popular Harvard Square stop Russell House Tavern’s three-course prix fixe includes seared scallop and oxtail, heirloom carrot risotto, cider-braised short rib, and “Turkey Duet with All the Fixins.” They’ll also serve up New England cheese boards for $9. Check out Russell House Tavern’s full Thanksgiving menu.

Most of us wouldn’t put traditional Thanksgiving fare and Mexican plates in the same realm, but Rosa Mexicano’s putting in a little effort. For an entree, try pavo en mole de huitlacoche (roasted turkey with mole, plantain stuffing, roasted veggies, and chorizo potatoes), and have some budin pegajoso de calabaza (sticky pumpkin pie) for dessert. Check out Rosa Mexicano’s full Thanksgiving menu.

In Woburn, Strega Prime will dish out turkey two ways ($33) this Thanksgiving (braised dark meat and oven-roasted white). Or if you’re actually not a turkey person, consider the braised short rib ($44) or veal porterhouse ($38).

If you want an all-turkey meal, you can do that at Temple Bar, where first course options include turkey liver mousse with pickled radishes, honeycomb, and beet chips; and the entree offerings include the Traditional Turkey Dinner: slow-roasted turkey breast and leg, apple-and-sage stuffing, tuffled-potato puree, green-bean-and-wild-mushroom ragu, crispy shallots, fresh cranberry sauce, and giblet jus. Whew! Just typing all that out is enough to put us in a turkey coma. Check out Temple Bar’s full Thanksgiving menu.

The holidays are not a bad time to be a little touristy, and aside from touring Fenway, walking the Freedom Trail, and taking a Duck Tour, visiting the Prudential Tower Skywalk is likely next on the list. Top of the Hub’s Thanksgiving special is a good way to wrap a few bucket-list items into one. Enjoy dinner at the restaurant with live jazz from 4-8 p.m., then take a walk around the skywalk observatory, which comes complimentary. Check out Top of the Hub’s full Thanksgiving menu.

Rather than go the prix fixe route, Towne will offer family-style platters on Thanksgiving (each serves about four). Seafood enthusiasts can order the raw bar for $46 for shrimp, oysters, clams, and lobster, after which you’ll think, “Psh, turkey. Who needs it?” â€¦ Of course there will also be turkey. Check out Towne’s full Thanksgiving menu.

There’s that magical word again: buffet! Turner Fisheries is boasting a Thanksgiving feast with carving stations and all, with turkey, prime rib of beef, wild salmon and other seafood, and plenty of fall seasonal sides. And will there be desserts? Duh. Check out Turner Fisheries’s full Thanksgiving menu.